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In the Netflix series 'Blue Eye Samurai' a person with blue eyes from a European father and Japanese mother is constantly ostracized and often literally demonized. Are there any historical grounds for this quasi racial stereotyping/othering in 17th century Japan?

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I would like to read the Iliad, which translation/version would you (a historian) recommend?

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With the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan some newspapers wrote as their heading 'Afghanistan back to Medieval times' or something alike. Now we all know that the Taliban and the Afghanistan situation are a modern fenomenon. But what was Afghan Medieval society really like?

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Our modern timeconception is cumulative, lineair, with a distinct emphasis on (technological) progress. Has this always been the case in the West? How would the Romans have conceptionalised time?

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With the announcement of Total War: Pharaoh (which takes place during the Late Bronze Age/'Bronze Age Collapse'), which books do you recommend for a proper understanding of the time period?

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How reliable is the Bayeux Tapestry in depicting the Battle of Hastings and 11th Century warfare?

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Is the AskHistorians Podcast still a thing?

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Who were the Indo-Europeans? Why did they migrate?

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How did homosexual people in Late Medieval/Early Modern Europe define/see themselves?

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How were the Germanic (and other) tribes influenced by the Romans? What are the differences between the Germanic peoples of Ariovistus and the later Germanic tribes of the 4th and 5th centuries?

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In the Netflix series 'Blue Eye Samurai' a person with blue eyes from a European father and Japanese mother is constantly ostracized and often literally demonized. Are there any historical grounds for this quasi racial stereotyping/othering in 17th century Japan?	618
I would like to read the Iliad, which translation/version would you (a historian) recommend?	506
With the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan some newspapers wrote as their heading 'Afghanistan back to Medieval times' or something alike. Now we all know that the Taliban and the Afghanistan situation are a modern fenomenon. But what was Afghan Medieval society really like?	108
Our modern timeconception is cumulative, lineair, with a distinct emphasis on (technological) progress. Has this always been the case in the West? How would the Romans have conceptionalised time?	88
With the announcement of Total War: Pharaoh (which takes place during the Late Bronze Age/'Bronze Age Collapse'), which books do you recommend for a proper understanding of the time period?	45
How reliable is the Bayeux Tapestry in depicting the Battle of Hastings and 11th Century warfare?	16
Is the AskHistorians Podcast still a thing?	12
Who were the Indo-Europeans? Why did they migrate?	11
How did homosexual people in Late Medieval/Early Modern Europe define/see themselves?	9
How were the Germanic (and other) tribes influenced by the Romans? What are the differences between the Germanic peoples of Ariovistus and the later Germanic tribes of the 4th and 5th centuries?	9